Instant Text on a Tablet PC

Instant Text with Fitaly

The abbreviation capabilities of Instant Text are especially
valuable for text entry on a Tablet PC, where all input is done
with the pen — as there is no keyboard.

The pen turns out to be a very efficient device for selecting
words and phrases in advisories. A single tap on the desired
advisory line is all that is needed to select the corresponding
expansion. No marker is needed and there is no need for
special keys to move the highlight.

These abbreviation capabilities can be supplemented by an
onscreen keyboard, called the FITALY keyboard (patented),
designed for entry with a single finger or with a pen:

Unlike onscreen replications of the QWERTY keyboard, input
on the FITALY keyboard is possible without hand movement: resting
the hand on the surface of the computer and moving only
the fingers holding the pen.

Moreover, this keyboard layout is designed to minimize
pen (or finger) travel. The consequence of this optimization
is that the key you tap next is most often a key that is adjacent
to the last key you typed.

For example, try to type do it with a pen
and you will see that this can be achieved with
very limited pen travel on the Fitaly keyboard:

Fitaly:

Qwerty:

As you can see, the pen travel is about three times
larger on the QWERTY onscreen keyboard.